How to Negotiate a Successful Love Relationship Agreement © 2011

When you have a challenge in your love relationship, you have only four choices:        1.  Change yourself (this requires introspection and self-honesty);        2. Negotiate for modifications (this necessitates effective listening and a demonstration of understanding);        3.  Leave the relationship (if you have tried the first two, including professional guidance to no avail);        4. Don’t […]

Creating a Peaceful Divorce

How is it possible to have a peaceful divorce when there is so much hurt, anger, and lack of trust? With the heartache of ending a marriage, how can you avoid the tremendous stress, pain, and financial devastation of a courtroom battle? Mediation can help you minimize the financial and emotional costs of divorce — […]

How to Negotiate a Successful Love Relationship Agreement © 2011

When you have a challenge in your love relationship you have only four choices:  1.      Change yourself (this requires introspection and self-honesty); 2.      Negotiate for modifications (this necessitates effective listening and a demonstration of understanding); 3.      Leave the relationship (if you have tried the first two, including professional guidance to no avail); 4.      Don’t do […]

Transforming Your Anger

A Chinese proverb said “If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” You are not your anger – but you may feel angry in divorce. Instead of escalating conflict during a divorce, first it is important to recognize the validity of your emotions. Anger is a […]

Choosing a Peaceful Divorce

Eleanor Roosevelt said “It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.” When a divorce occurs, one of the last adjectives people would use to describe the divorce process would be peaceful. The key to a peaceful divorce is […]

Maintaining Confidentiality and Privacy

The question, how can you maintain confidentiality and financial privacy in your divorce may come to mind when you hear of high profile divorce cases where sensitive information was leaked to the public. Recently the Los Angeles Dodgers owners, Frank and Jamie McCourt have had their divorce widely publicized and it has become a national baseball […]